The Antique Phonograph Society Annual Banquet, Show & Sale will be held August 10-11, 2019 at the UFCW Union Hall, 8530 Stanton Ave, Buena Park, California. As always, expect dealers from all over North America to be offering a wide variety of items from the commonplace to the fabulously rare. Whether it be old recordings,… Read more »

Discs & Machines Gramophone Museum and Records Archive, Kerala is completing four years on 25th January 2019. Fifth annual seminar is scheduled for Sunday, 27th January 2019 from 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM in the scenic backwaters of Cochin. 2019 is important to Indians being the 150th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Considering this, the… Read more »

Grayslake Antique Market presents an “Accent on Phonographs” Date: September 8-9, 2018 All APS Society members are invited to attend and be part of the 2018 Grayslake, IL Antique Market with an “Accent on Phonographs”. Zurko Promotions provides APS & WIMAPS members free space to show and sell their phonograph items at this special show…. Read more »

The country’s largest antique phonograph show and sale is taking place in Union, Illinois from June 8 – June 10. During the preview for the show, the Antique Phonograph Society (APS) will be sponsoring a presentation that is free to the public and collectors. The program is scheduled for Friday afternoon, June 8th at 4:30 pm… Read more »

OTAPS Report by Bob Thomsen March 10, 2018 and Rose City Collectors Market show March 11, 2018 OTAPS meeting It was another great OTAPS weekend. Cay and I welcomed over 20 members to our home on Saturday. On Sunday, members set-up at our 5th annual Rose City Collectors Market / OTAPS Show in Portland. OTAPS… Read more »

WIMAPS SOCIETY REPORT February 17, 2018 Our most recent meeting, hosted by members Richard and President Margaret, was held on Saturday, February 17, at their home in Park Ridge, IL. According to Margaret, their home was built just after WWII and was originally just a four-room home at the time. The day began with members… Read more »

The Antique Phonograph Society Annual Banquet, Show & Sale will be held August 18-19, 2018 at the UFCW Union Hall, 8530 Stanton Ave, Buena Park, California. NOTE: This will be the THIRD weekend in August. As always, expect dealers from all over North America to be offering a wide variety of items from the commonplace… Read more »

About Us

We are a worldwide society of 1000+ members who share a passion for the preservation of antique phonographs, gramophones and records. We encourage, promote, publish and present research on the history of sound recording and reproduction, including the machines that create and preserve these wonderful voices and sounds. To that end, our Society maintains informative articles on its website which are open to the public, as well as an exhaustive online searchable archive of over 20,000 pages of phonograph and record research material available to members.
We publish a full-color quarterly journal called The Antique Phonograph. The APS also sponsors an annual antique phonograph/record Expo and banquet, to which all are welcome.